In September, the U.S. military completed its withdrawal from Niger, where it had two bases that helped partners in the Sahel ...

NGO's seem to be a thorn in the side of West Africa's military regimes: their critical reports on humans rights are ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially established the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), marking their exit from ECOWAS and ...

West African leaders are giving the three Sahel countries led by military governments six months to reconsider their decision ...

The foreign minister of junta-ruled Niger has summoned the charge d'affaires at the Nigerian embassy, accusing the neighbouring nation of "serving as a rear base" to "destabilise" the country, Niger ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the West African regional bloc is now confirmed and will be negotiated ...

The U.N.'s food agency says more than 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves across West and Central Africa.

The three military-led states reaffirmed their decision to leave ECOWAS, describing it as “irreversible” and accusing the ...

The former colonial power is withdrawing its troops from Chad and Senegal. This historic shift has surprised many Western ...

The dissolution of the Chad-France defence pact raises questions about Chad’s next potential partners. It could also reshape ...

West African leaders are giving the three Sahel countries led by military governments six months to reconsider their decision to quit the regional bloc Ecowas, as security issues and movements of ...

West African leaders are giving the three Sahel countries led by military governments six months to reconsider their decision ...